iPass Continues Strong Expansion in Asia Pacific Region With 15 New ISP Partners; World's Largest Roaming Network Now Covers 2,700+ POPs in Over 150 Countries
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. (July 7) BUSINESS WIRE -July 7, 1998--
With More than 50 Active ISP Partners in Asia and 400 ISP Partners Worldwide
iPass Inc., the leading provider of Internet roaming and corporate remote access services, continues its strong expansion in the Asia Pacific region with the addition of 15 new ISP partners, bringing its total regional partners up to 50 active ISPs. New partners include NTT DATA, Japan's largest systems integration company.
The new access agreements expand the total iPass network to 2,715 active points of presence (POPs) in more than 150 countries -- ensuring iPass users the most reliable and cost-effective Internet service through local access numbers all around the world. Through the iPass network, enterprises and individual Internet users can easily and securely gain "access anywhere" with a local phone call when telecommuting or traveling.
"iPass' roots are in the Asia Pacific region and it has always been a very important market to iPass," said iPass President and CEO Chris Moore. "Not only did we start iPass in Hong Kong, but the ISPs in Asia were the first to understand the need for roaming services and the first to begin rolling out the iPass service to their customers. We are very thankful to our ISP partners in the Asia Pacific region for their tremendous support over the past two and a half years." iPass Expansion in the Asia Pacific Region
Last week NTT DATA, through Mediabank's DREAM-NET (Japan), launched the iPass Internet roaming service to its customers. Other Internet service providers and telecommunications operators in Asia Pacific who have recently launched the iPass roaming service to their customers include Telecom New Zealand/XTRA, CLEAR Communications (New Zealand), OzEmail Access 1 (Australia), Internet Access Australia, Planet Internet (Australia), Global Online Services (Bangladesh), GlobalNet (Hong Kong), LGA International (Singapore) and Dynatel Communications (Sri Lanka). Internet service providers that are preparing to launch the iPass roaming service to their customers include KDD/KCOM (Japan), ATSON/AsahiNet (Japan) and NEC BIGLOBE Taiwan. Please see the attachment for the complete list of iPass' 50 ISP partners in the Asia Pacific region.
iPass is also fully committed to expanding its global access network and continues to add additional POPs in major business markets. iPass' new relationship with NTT-PC and its recently broadened relationship with NEC Corporation bring remote access users additional access coverage throughout Japan with 284 access points. Other new iPass partners who are now providing access points to the iPass network include NowCom (Korea) and Karsing Online (China).
"In addition to our focus on expansion in key Asia Pacific markets, we will also continue to expand our relationships with prestigious industry partners," said Jason Ma, managing director of iPass Asia Pacific. "Just in the past month we have announced enhanced partnerships with Ascend Communications and Microsoft, and new partnerships with VPN providers VPNet and RedCreek. Through these partnerships, more comprehensive remote access solutions are available to ISPs, enterprises and individuals." About iPass Inc.
iPass is the worldwide leader of secure third-party settlement for Internet-based services including global Internet roaming, remote access to corporate networks and IP telephony. iPass enables ACCESS ANYWHERE with a local call through the world's largest network of more than 2,700 active access points in over 150 countries. iPass is headquartered in Silicon Valley with financial backing from Accel Partners, Crosspoint Ventures and Asia Pacific Ventures. Additional information about iPass can be found at ipass.com. iPass ISP Partners in the Asia Pacific Region
iPass has more than 50 active ISP partners in the Asia Pacific region. Many of the iPass partners provide both access to the iPass network and roaming to their customers. In some cases, iPass seeks additional network coverage in specific markets and enters into access arrangements only. In other cases, iPass enters into roaming arrangements only. For a complete list of active iPass ISP partners worldwide, see ipass.com.
Region ISP Name Roaming Provider Access Provider
Global CompuServe Network
Services X
Global EQUANT X
Global UUNet Technologies X
Australia Dot Communications X X
Australia Internet Access Australia X
Australia Knowledge by Design X
Australia OzEmail Limited X X
Australia OzEmail Access1 X
Australia Planet Internet X
Australia Smart Radio System X
Australia Zip Internet Professional X
Bangladesh Global Online Services X
China Beijing Cyber Netology X
China Ji Tong Communications X
China Karsing Online Service X
Hong Kong CaryNet X
Hong Kong EXA X
Hong Kong GlobalNet Telecommunications X
Hong Kong Hong Kong SuperNet X X
Hong Kong Hongkong Telecom CSL/Netplus X X
Hong Kong Hongkong Telecom IMS/Netvigator X X
Hong Kong Internet Online Hong Kong X
Hong Kong LinkAGE Online X
Hong Kong Netfront X
Hong Kong Spider Net X
Hong Kong Top Domain X
Indonesia PInter Indonesia X X
Indonesia Indonesia Online - IdOLA X
Japan AsahiBM Office Express -
Gunma Internet X X
Japan Giganet X X
Japan InterQ X
Japan NEC - BIGLOBE X X
Japan RIMNET X
Japan NTT PC X
Japan NTT DATA/DREAM-NET X
Korea NowCom X
Malaysia JARING/MIMOS X X
New Zealand CLEAR Communications X
New Zealand Telecom New Zealand X
New Zealand Voyager New Zealand X X
Pakistan Cyber Internet Service X X
Philippines MosCom X X
Philippines Pacific Internet
(PI) Philippines X X
Philippines Philippines Online X
Philippines Planet Internet X
Philippines WebQuest X
Singapore LGA International X
Singapore Pacific Internet X X
Sri Lanka Dynatel Communications X
Thailand KSC Commercial Internet X X
Thailand Internet Thailand X
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